After a yearslong commitment to phase out single use plastic bags from its stores by 2025, here's where Kroger stands.

Plastic bags are not biodegradable and pose a huge problem for the environment, the marine ecosystem in particular. These ...

Plastic consumption in New Jersey spiked by nearly three times following the state’s implementation of a strict ban on single-use plastic shopping bags, a study found. "Following New Jersey’s ban of ...

It has been three years since New Jersey adopted landmark legislation that prohibited the use of single-use plastic carryout bags in all stores and single-use paper bags in grocery stores larger than ...

Thirteen states across the country have enacted bans on "single-use" plastic bags, with upwards of 500 cities doing the same. More could be on the way. Environmental groups claim that these bags are ...

(The Hill) — Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia's ban on single-use plastic bags begins Thursday. Paper bags that don't contain at least 40 percent recycled content are also prohibited. Businesses ...

Grocery bills are about to get a little more expensive thanks to a state-mandated 10-cent single-use plastic and paper bag fee set to take effect on Jan. 1. But avoiding the fees is as simple as ...

Here's the thing that nobody talks about when they hand you a trendy tote at the checkout. Those bags everyone's carrying ...

Five years after it was implemented, Vermont’s plastic bag ban appears to be working. A University of Vermont study released last week found a 91 percent reduction in use of the environmentally ...

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...